Good start for Roddick Three-time former champion Andy Roddick put the dark days of clay behind him on Tuesday to record a confident 6-4, 6-4 second-round victory over Radek Stepanek on the grass at Queen's.
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Rastogi battles hard for win Top seed Karan Rastogi felt the heat, quite literally, against an unrelenting Aditya Madkekar before securing a hard-fought 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 win to enter the quarterfinals of the ITF Futures Mens Tennis Tournament here on Wednesday.
Punter in his elements In an ING Vysya Bank-organised Innings with Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper faced a volley of bouncers from the media and a large bunch of young cricketers, who had gathered for a tip or two from one of the leading batsmen in the world.
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Second win for Indians Indian shuttlers recorded their second win in the Sudirman Cup world mixed team event with a 5-0 routing of New Zealand in a Division III tie here.
Subtle swipe from Ponting In the face of stiff resistance from former Indian cricketers as regards having a foreigner as coach of the Indian team, Ricky Ponting stressed on the need to have the best man for the job.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting enjoys being in the limelight at a promotional function during which he interacted with school children in Bangalore on Wednesday. DH Photo
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